Russian reporter punched live on air at paratrooper bash

A Russian television journalist was punched in the face live on air Wednesday as he reported on raucous annual celebrations by paratroopers in Moscow. Nikita Razvozzhayev, a correspondent with the pro-Kremlin NTV channel, was extolling the professionalism of Russia’s airborne forces when a bearded man staggered up to the presenter and began an expletive-laden rant about invading Ukraine. The incident in Moscow’s famed Gorky Park — which left the anchor back in the studio stunned — quickly went viral in Russia with over 400,000 people viewing it on NTV’s website.

Russian reporter punched live on air at paratrooper bash

A Russian television journalist was punched in the face live on air Wednesday as he reported on raucous annual celebrations by paratroopers in Moscow. Nikita Razvozzhayev, a correspondent with the pro-Kremlin NTV channel, was extolling the professionalism of Russia’s airborne forces when a bearded man staggered up to the presenter and began an expletive-laden rant about invading Ukraine. The incident in Moscow’s famed Gorky Park — which left the anchor back in the studio stunned — quickly went viral in Russia with over 400,000 people viewing it on NTV’s website.